Severe Plasmodium knowlesi infection with multiorgan involvement in north east peninsular Malaysia

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-35

  Azidah, A K ^a   Mohd Faizal, M A ^a   Lili, H Y ^a   Zeehaida, M ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; DOXYCYCLINE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899140402     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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